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A Guide to Nutrition For Rhythmic Gymnasts

The Sporting

Everything You Need to Know About Nutrition for Rhythmic Gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that gives special consideration to body image. International rhythmic gymnast Neringa Masionyté explains everything you need to know about diet and nutrition for gymnasts. A young rhythmic gymnast in action!

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Young Man Becomes First in World to Be Cured of FSGS With New Treatment

Stanford Childrens

While your friends are traveling on a bus to a school game or hanging out at the mall, you are at home or at a dialysis center tethered by cords, every day for at least three hours. Dialysis for kidney failure was a killer, but I refused to give up school, choir, or tennis, even though I was always very tired.

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Teen Taking on Life After Intestine-Liver-Pancreas Transplant

Stanford Childrens

For 12 hours each day, she was hooked up to parenteral nutrition , or TPN, which delivers liquid nutrients through a central line or semipermanent IV. Put simply, her intestines caused her pain and no longer worked well enough to sustain her growth and nutrition. That’s because she didn’t have any intestines.

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Twins Share Everything, Including Celiac Disease

Stanford Childrens

“At Stanford Children’s, we care for the whole child—their medical needs, their nutrition, their growth, and their psychosocial needs. Early on in the gluten challenge, Joseph tested positive for gluten antibodies, meaning that his immune system saw gluten as an enemy and was ramping up to attack it.

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Sleep Lesson Plans For Students

PLT4M

Importance Of Sleep Lesson Plans For Students In the hustle and bustle of school and life, it’s easy for students to underestimate the importance of a good night’s sleep. Research has found that 73% of high school students don’t get enough sleep based on the 8-10 hours recommended for 14-17-year-olds.

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Celebrating Women in Medicine

Stanford Childrens

Most of them spend their lives in a limited state because their health condition impacts everything—school, activity, their ability to be with friends,” she says. Most of them are completely dependent on IV nutrition. “There aren’t a lot of resources for these kids, and they’re really impacted,” she says.

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Health Education Lesson Plans

PLT4M

As most teachers set out to find health education lesson plans, they are often in search of resources and information on health topics like: Nutrition and Healthy Eating Habits Physical Activity and Exercise Programs Mental Health Education (Stress Management, Coping Mechanisms, Mindfulness) Substance Abuse Prevention (Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, etc.)